> > >I'm in search for the 10 major essential amino acids necessary for > complete bee nutrition. Hi Clyde, As I mentioned previously, DeGroot's percentages are all relative to the amount of tryptophan, not as a percentage of the total diet (from DeGroot 1953). Threonine 3.0 Valine 4.0 Methionine 1.5 Isoleucine 4.0 Leucine 4.5 Phenylalanine 1.5 Histidine 1.5 Lysine 3.0 Arginine 3.0 Tryptophan 1.0 Randy Oliver ******************************************************* * Search the BEE-L archives at: * * http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?S1=bee-l * *******************************************************